Question Number 33128 by prof Abdo imad last updated on 10/Apr/18
$${find}\:{the}\:{value}\:{of}\:\:\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\:\:\:\:\:\frac{{dx}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{x}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\:\mathrm{1}+{x}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)}\:. \\ $$
Commented by prof Abdo imad last updated on 13/Apr/18
$${let}\:{put}\:{I}\:\:=\:\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\:\:\:\frac{{dx}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{x}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{x}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)}\:\:{we}\:{have} \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{I}\:=\:\int_{−\infty} ^{+\infty} \:\:\:\:\:\frac{{dx}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{x}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{x}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)}\:.{let}\:{introduce}\:{the} \\ $$$${complex}\:{function}\:\varphi\left({z}\right)\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{z}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{z}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)} \\ $$$$\varphi\left({z}\right)\:=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left({z}−{i}\right)\left({z}+{i}\right)\left({z}^{\mathrm{2}} \:−{i}\right)\left({z}^{\mathrm{2}} \:−\left(−{i}\right)\right)} \\ $$$$=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left({z}−{i}\right)\left({z}+{i}\right)\left({z}\:−\sqrt{{i}}\right)\left({z}+\sqrt{{i}}\right)\left({z}\:−\sqrt{−{i}}\right)\left({z}\:+\sqrt{−{i}}\right)} \\ $$$$\sqrt{{i}}\:={e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:\:\:\sqrt{−{i}}\:={e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:{so}\:{the}\:{poles}\:{of}?\varphi\:{are}\: \\ $$$${i},−{i},{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:,\:−{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:,\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:,\:−{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \\ $$$$\int_{−\infty} ^{+\infty} \:\varphi\left({z}\right){dz}\:=\:\mathrm{2}{i}\pi\left(\:\:{Res}\left(\varphi,{i}\right)\:+{Res}\left(\varphi,{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)\:+{Res}\left(\varphi,−{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)\right. \\ $$$${let}\:{p}\left({z}\right)\:=\left(\mathrm{1}+{z}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{z}^{\mathrm{4}} \right) \\ $$$${p}\left({z}\right)=\mathrm{1}+{z}^{\mathrm{4}} \:\:+{z}^{\mathrm{2}} \:+{z}^{\mathrm{6}} \:\Rightarrow{p}^{'} \left({z}\right)\:=\:\mathrm{2}{z}\:\:+\mathrm{4}{z}^{\mathrm{3}} \:+\mathrm{6}{z}^{\mathrm{5}} \\ $$$${Res}\left(\varphi,{i}\right)\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{p}^{'} \left({i}\right)}\:=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}{i}\:+\mathrm{4}{i}^{\mathrm{3}} \:+\mathrm{6}{i}^{\mathrm{5}} }\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}{i}−\mathrm{4}{i}\:+\mathrm{6}{i}} \\ $$$$=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}{i}} \\ $$$${Res}\left(\varphi,\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)\:\:=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{p}^{'} \left(\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)}\:=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+\mathrm{4}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\mathrm{3}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+\mathrm{6}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\mathrm{5}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} } \\ $$$${but}\:\:\mathrm{2}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+\mathrm{4}\:\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\mathrm{3}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+\mathrm{6}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\mathrm{5}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \\ $$$$=\:\mathrm{2}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:−\mathrm{4}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:−\mathrm{6}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:=\:−\mathrm{4}\left(\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:+{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right) \\ $$$$=−\mathrm{4}\:.\:\mathrm{2}.\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}{\mathrm{2}}\:=−\mathrm{4}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${Res}\left(\varphi,−{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)\:\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{p}^{'} \left(\:−{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)} \\ $$$$=\:\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{−\mathrm{2}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:−\mathrm{4}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\mathrm{3}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:\:−\mathrm{6}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\mathrm{5}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} } \\ $$$$=\:\:\frac{−\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+\mathrm{4}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\mathrm{3}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+\mathrm{6}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\mathrm{5}\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} }\:=\:\frac{−\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:−\mathrm{4}\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:−\mathrm{6}\:{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} } \\ $$$$=\:\:\frac{−\mathrm{1}}{−\mathrm{4}\left(\:{e}^{{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \:\:+{e}^{−{i}\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}} \right)}\:=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}\:.\mathrm{2}.\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}{\mathrm{2}}}\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}\:\Rightarrow \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{I}\:\:=\mathrm{2}{i}\pi\left(\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}{i}}\:\:−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}\:\:+\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}\:\right)\:=\:\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{2}}\:\:\Rightarrow \\ $$$${I}\:=\:\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}\:. \\ $$$$ \\ $$
Commented by prof Abdo imad last updated on 13/Apr/18
$${another}\:{method} \\ $$$${the}\:{ch}.{x}\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{t}}\:{give}\: \\ $$$${I}\:=\:−\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\:\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{t}^{\mathrm{2}} }\right)\left(\mathrm{1}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{t}^{\mathrm{4}} }\right)}\:\frac{−{dt}}{{t}^{\mathrm{2}} } \\ $$$$=\:\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\:\:\:\frac{\:{t}^{\mathrm{4}} {dt}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)}\:=\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{4}} \:−\mathrm{1}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)}{dt} \\ $$$$=\:\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\:\frac{{dt}}{\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} }\:\:−\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\infty} \:\:\:\:\frac{{dt}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{4}} \right)}\:=\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{2}}\:−{I}\Rightarrow \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{I}\:=\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{2}}\:\Rightarrow\:{I}\:=\:\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$$\bigstar\:{I}=\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}\:\bigstar \\ $$